Rate of carriage, serotype distribution and penicillin resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy children

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-428

  Şener, Burçin ^a   Arikan, Sevtap ^a   Ergin, M Alper ^a   Günalp, Ayfer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0032215671     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80019-4     Document Type: Article

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